Has anyone removed the spare tire area by cutting it out and welding in a flat bottom or altered trunk bottom for any sort of trunk, rear end, subwoofer or exhaust upgrades? Just curious

I've got my sneaky fun reasons for ask'n

 

uhhmm explain to us why u wanna do this

 

I remember hearing someone talk about doing it. Dont remember if they ever got around to finishing it though. But I know plenty of people personally that took a sledge hammer to the spare tire well (from the bottom) to make room for things such as custom exhaust setups and hidden power makers.

 

Sounding like rear mounted turbo :O

 

Not really actually.

 

I wondered if that would have to be done to fit a dual exhaust (like every other VQ35 car has!), but decided it wasn't possible. Wouldn't that ruin the unibody's strength..?

 

I need to price out everything first!

I would like to remove the stock panhard bar and install a full heimed 4-link off the rear axle...I'm busy enough with the motor mount project and work'n on my truck for now...I was just curious b/c I was look'n around while I was under there the other day. Anyone know of ANY nissan rearend with independent suspension that will fit under the rear of our cars with a decent amount f welding mods? I honestly am not impressed with the solid axle

as for the trunk floor fabrication...It would not make the unibody weaker b/c a new floor would be welded in. It would only be weaker if the floor was not welded in properly.

 

You could check out beefing the IRS on the 3rd gen for extra weight. It would still require a lot of modification(understatement), but you seem like an industrious guy. Check out the 4th gen forum. Plenty of discussion on the Nissan decision to switch from IRS to beam. Mostly financial reasons, but they do a good job of justifying it through performance as well.

 

thanks for the 4th gen tip if the perf reasons are logical to my little brain...I may just stay with it. I'll check it out

 

I cut my spare tire area for a rear mount. Thinking about doing away with it and fitting intercooler (38x8x3)

 

Any pics and more info on your rear mount? I'm interested in a rear mount setup way in the future.

 

I got rid of my spare tire well, cut it out and welded it closed. Not saying why I did it yet though, I'll post up when the project is complete.

 

That's not fair! You can't leave us hanging like that. =(

@LightScout: Ah, I forget how strong welds are, d'oh! Most of the car is held together by welds, but that fact was slipping my mind.

 

Subscribed. Interested in where this IRS idea is going.

 

well...b/c you're turbo'd already, and probably running full 3" exhaust...I've got a good guess. I'll keep the guess to myself until you post it

 

I've given it some thought, and can see only one possible answer for OHH NOES's project: Cheap sled for next winter.

 

Lol exactly, when it snows I'll take out the rear beam and slide around.